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Clinical and Basic Review Lectures

Pharmacological aspects of appetite control

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The obesity pipeline: current strategies in the development of anti-obesity drugs

Cooke Dunstan , Bloom Steve

Obesity is a complex condition associated with numerous increased health risks caused by reduced physical activity and an increased consumption of energy-dense foods. It affects all ages and socio-economic groups, and is rising to global epidemic proportions.Lifestyle changes in diet and physical activity are capable of treating all but the severest cases of obesity, although low compliance is fuelling interest in effective therapies, including gastroint...